"Zhicai, Wen Ruo, what do you think of the current situation in the world?" Cao Cao has been looking a little gloomy since he learned of Liu Xie's death.

Liu Xie's death was so hasty that Cao Cao felt completely incredulous. While resentful and sad, a certain shackle in my heart seems to have been broken. Cao Cao felt a little relieved strangely.

Hurriedly suppressing this strange feeling in his heart, Cao Cao summoned his most relied on Xi Zhicai to discuss the matter with Xun Yu.

Xun Yu, who has always been an elegant gentleman, has almost been unable to sleep at night since he learned the news of Liu Xie's death. Now his face was pale, his eyes were bloodshot, and his whole person was filled with a sense of despair. I can't see the gentle appearance of the past at all.

"My lord, this is obviously a premeditated plan by a traitorous villain. Kill the Son of Heaven and spread all kinds of slander, in order to completely destroy the prestige of the Han family! We must not let this man succeed! ”

Xun Yu, as a royalist faction, has always been loyal to the Han family. Although he doesn't have a good impression of Liu Xie, he is the Son of Heaven after all! It represents the Han family.

Now Liu Xie's death is small, and the prestige of the Han has suffered a heavy blow! Xun Yu and Liu Yu have exactly the same idea, at this time, they must stabilize the situation and not let the people hidden in the dark fish in troubled waters.

Seeing Xun Yu's chaotic appearance, Cao Cao sighed inexplicably in his heart.

Xi Zhicai is not as flustered as Xun Yu, he still has no feelings for the Son of Heaven and the Han family, and he is still very rational.

Although he was a little dissatisfied with Xun Yu's situation, he still took care of Xun Yu's emotions and said euphemistically: "Lord, what Wen Ruo said is good. The death of the Son of Heaven and a series of subsequent actions were obviously carefully planned. The so-called is nothing more than weakening the prestige of the Han family, as well as accomplishing a certain purpose. ”

Cao Cao suddenly remembered their previous guess, and his eyes flashed: "Zhicai, what do you mean?" ”

"Thinking about the rumors about Liu Yan being called emperor, I don't believe that anyone else will get greater benefits besides Yuan Shu!"

"What about Liu Yu's trip to Chang'an? Is it just to hide people's eyes? ”

Xi Zhicai thought of his unpredictable friend, and a trace of jealousy rose in his heart again: "Not only that, I'm afraid I also have the mind to balance Hebei." ”

Cao Cao was silent, and then sighed: "Yuan Shu's vision is really long-term! Zhicai, what should I do next? ”

Xi Zhicai looked at the direction of Jiangdong with solemn eyes, clenched his fists and said, "Die staring at Yizhou!" ”

"Yuan Shu's plan this time is probably not only that. If it is to take Yizhou, his greatest possibility is to continue to attack Liu Yan and encourage Liu Yan to become emperor! ”

Cao Cao asked incredulously, "How could Liu Yan do such an unwise thing?" Everyone knows that if he becomes emperor, it is tantamount to digging his own grave! And he was buried with the Han family! ”

There is no need for Xi Zhicai to explain, Xun Yu said directly in a low voice: "Lord, Liu Yan's private car ride and Yizhou have the spirit of heaven These rumors are basically true!" Liu Yan has long had the heart of being the emperor, and he doesn't care about the interests of the Han family. Wasn't the original state pastoral system introduced by him for his own benefit? ”

Xi Zhicai nodded and added: "This person is not ambitious, but he doesn't have much insight and doesn't know how to judge the situation. If you are really instigated by others, I am afraid that you can really do such a stupid thing as being the king or the emperor! We have to guard against! ”

Cao Cao frowned: "But we don't have many people in Yizhou!" I'm afraid Liu Yan won't listen to our advice! ”

Xi Zhicai said: "So we can only put pressure!" Unite the princes of the world to respond to Liu Yu's call, so that Liu Yan understands the serious consequences of becoming emperor. ”

"Moreover, we can also spread rumors and spread the news that Zhang Lu and Yuan Shu are about to join forces to attack Yizhou, so as to arouse Liu Yan's vigilance. Yuan Shu must not be allowed to take Yizhou! ”

Although Xi Zhicai's words were a little tactful, he clearly stated his attitude. Yuan Shu had to be suppressed, but the prestige of the Han family didn't matter to them. He is not like Xun Yu, he is completely loyal to Cao Cao.

While Cao Cao was discussing how to stop Liu Yan from doing stupid things, Liu Bei was also making similar arrangements.

However, unlike Cao Cao, the starting point was to contain Yuan Shu, and Liu Bei was mainly to maintain the prestige of the Han family.

You must know that Liu Bei was born at the grassroots level, and he has always relied on his identity as a member of the Han family. When people say that they are the queen of King Jing of Zhongshan and the clan relatives of the Han family, ordinary people and strategists do not know that King Jing of Zhongshan has hundreds of children, so this name is still very easy to make. Wasn't Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also fooled by this head?

Liu Bei has admired his ancestor Liu Bang since he was a child, and he has been learning from Liu Bang all along. He firmly believes that he can also break out of the world like his ancestor Liu Bang as the grassroots.

So he took the same path as Liu Bang, and has always flaunted himself with benevolence and righteousness, you can say that he is a hypocrite, abandoning his wife and children but pretending to be benevolent and false, but hypocrisy and hypocrisy are also a skill for a lifetime. Hypocrites are still more acceptable than real villains.

At least Liu Bei, who is hypocritical and righteous, will not easily slaughter the city at every turn like Cao Cao. Although in our opinion, the real villain's Cao Cao may be cuter than the hypocrite's Liu Bei.

But personally experience that era you see? A sincere traitor who slaughters the city at every turn, and a hypocrite who is hypocritical but really won't do these outrageous things. Who would you like to live in?

Normally, individuals would choose the latter. Because this is not to watch other people's stories for fun, this is a life-and-death crisis that you will face personally.

Although he has now become a prince, if he loses the golden sign of the Han family, Liu Bei, who has a shallow foundation, wants to dominate the world, it is really not easy. Especially when there was such a troubled traitor as Cao Cao by his side at the beginning.

Liu Bei's position is very firm, and he resolutely opposes anyone calling himself emperor, otherwise his identity advantage will be gone.

With Cao Cao and Liu Bei pulling the strings, soon the princes of the Central Plains reached an agreement to respond to Liu Yu's call together, secretly put pressure on Liu Zhang and Yuan Shu, and forced the two to dare not act rashly.

Just when the world was in turmoil, two carriages slowly drove into Jinling City.

A middle-aged man with an ordinary face and a gloomy expression stepped out of the carriage.

Jia Xu muttered to himself: "Is this Jinling?" It is really majestic and magnificent, worthy of being the land of Longxing! ”

As soon as the words fell, another old man walked out of the carriage and said angrily: "Jia Wenhe, you have passed a little!" The Han family still exists, where did it come from? ”

Jia Xu completely ignored the words of this goods, and said to the entourage on the side: "Okay, I'll wait until we arrive in Jinling." Please send someone to send this old man and the girl behind him to Jiangdong Academy. ”

"In addition, you can take me to meet General Anton."

The attendant quietly glanced at the old man behind him who was not arrogant, swallowed his saliva and said, "No! ”

Then he didn't care about the angry gaze of the old man behind him, and Jia Xu slipped away directly. Along the way, he was so annoyed by this old man that he had already thrown him in Chang'an.

After Jia Xu left, the old man slowly regained his composure, looked at the bustling Jinling City in front of him with a complicated face, and sighed.